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Kathrin Deventer

Secretary General

Kathrin Deventer is
the Secretary General of the European Festivals Association (EFA) and the
Co-director of EFFE – Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe. Kathrin is a
Co-founder and Board member of the European House for Culture, an initiative of
EFA, a member of the Strategy Group of “A Soul for Europe”, and a member of the
Culture Committee of the EU’s “New Narrative for Europe” project. She has a
special interest in culture and its role in civil society engagement and issues
connected to the recognition of the importance of culture in society. She
believes in a cultural Europe which emerges from responsibilities and
interactions between people and organisations from all sectors in society.
Kathrin is frequently invited as lecturer on European cultural policy issues.
Publications include essays for the EFA BOOKS series, industry magazines and cultural
policy related publication.

My
main ambition with EFA is to create a sense of collaboration and interaction
between the people involved in it; the
ones who make our festivals vibrant everywhere, who shape festival life with
their questions, ideas, proposals, and insight into the arts and the world. As a team, we are a service provider for festivals, bringing together
views and opinions so that they can be discussed openly.